Re: [PATCH v5 07/16] PCI/AER: Add CXL PCIe Port uncorrectable error recovery in AER service driver

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On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 08:38:43 -0600
Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Existing recovery procedure for PCIe uncorrectable errors (UCE) does not
> apply to CXL devices. Recovery can not be used for CXL devices because of
> potential corruption on what can be system memory. Also, current PCIe UCE
> recovery, in the case of a Root Port (RP) or Downstream Switch Port (DSP),
> does not begin at the RP/DSP but begins at the first downstream device.
> This will miss handling CXL Protocol Errors in a CXL RP or DSP. A separate
> CXL recovery is needed because of the different handling requirements
> 
> Add a new function, cxl_do_recovery() using the following.
> 
> Add cxl_walk_bridge() to iterate the detected error's sub-topology.
> cxl_walk_bridge() is similar to pci_walk_bridge() but the CXL flavor
> will begin iteration at the RP or DSP rather than beginning at the
> first downstream device.

I'm still holding out for making pci_walk_bridge() do the same and seeing
what if anything breaks.

Other than that I'm fine with this patch.

> 
> Add cxl_report_error_detected() as an analog to report_error_detected().
> It will call pci_driver::cxl_err_handlers for each iterated downstream
> device. The pci_driver::cxl_err_handler's UCE handler returns a boolean
> indicating if there was a UCE error detected during handling.
> 
> cxl_do_recovery() uses the status from cxl_report_error_detected() to
> determine how to proceed. Non-fatal CXL UCE errors will be treated as
> fatal. If a UCE was present during handling then cxl_do_recovery()
> will kernel panic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@xxxxxxx>




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